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Delinquency and service protection

Understand the shut-off process before it reaches your door

The safest time to ask about a past-due balance, payment arrangement, or hardship protection is before the final notice. This page translates the provider’s published rules into a practical checklist.

Notice and timing

How delinquency is handled

Grace period after the due date

26 calendar days from the bill issue date; late charges begin on day 27.

Late-fee calculation

The City’s published 2026 shutoff page assesses a $10 late fee on unpaid amounts on day 27 from the bill issue date. On day 36 it sends a 10-day shutoff notice and assesses an additional $15 late fee. Reestablishment after shutoff requires all amounts owing, collection fees, damage costs, a deposit, and all applicable fees under City Council Resolution 2026-022.

Disconnection timeline

Day 0 is the bill issue date. The customer has through day 26 to pay without the listed late charges. Day 27: $10 late fee. Day 36: 10-day shutoff notice and $15 late fee. Day 44: 48-hour shutoff notice. Day 46: utilities are shut off. The City permits payment terms up to two times in a 12-month period, with a maximum term of three months, subject to Finance approval.

Statutory warning protocol

What notice should you expect?

The City publishes a staged written-notice protocol: a 10-day shutoff notice is sent on day 36 after the bill issue date, followed by a 48-hour shutoff notice on day 44, before physical shutoff on day 46. The accessible official page does not state whether notices are also delivered by automated phone call, text, email, door hanger, or personal contact. Customers who receive a delinquent notice are directed to contact the Revenue/Finance Department at (209) 333-6717 to arrange payment terms.

If a notice seems wrong

Document the account balance, payment confirmation, notice date, and any household medical or accessibility concern. Then call the provider using the contact information on its official bill or profile before the stated deadline.

Restoring service

Reconnection costs and timing

The City does not expose a single fixed standard-hours versus after-hours reconnection price on the accessible 2026 shutoff page. To restore service after nonpayment, the customer must pay all amounts owing, collection fees, damage costs, a deposit, and applicable fees under Resolution 2026-022. No separate after-hours premium is published; confirmation should be obtained from Revenue at (209) 333-6717 before payment.

Need a payment arrangement?

Ask before the shut-off date

Tell the customer-service representative that you are responding to a delinquency notice and ask specifically about installment plans, hardship protection, charity referrals, and the amount required to stop the disconnection order.

Customer protection guide

What to do when a bill becomes urgent

A delinquency notice from City of Lodi Finance Department / Public Works Water Utility should be treated as a time-sensitive account document. Read the exact due date, amount required, notice method, and contact instructions on the notice, then compare them with the provider details in this guide.

If you have already paid, gather the confirmation number and posting date. If you cannot pay the full amount, call before the stated shut-off date and ask about arrangements, hardship protections, agency referrals, and the minimum amount needed to pause action.

Keep the conversation specific: ask what will stop the order, when the payment must post, whether a reconnection fee applies, and whether the utility requires a separate request for medical, accessibility, or household-protection status.

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